- Date
- January 30, 1985, 15:03 local (20:03 UTC)
- Place
- Andrews Murphy, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9528RBeech BE-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850130001429A
- Case key
- 6737
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
Analysis
The nose gear collapsed when the acft contacted a snow bank during takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9528R
- Reported as
- Beech BE-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1658
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William F. Austin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1985 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- Boca Raton, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Anderson Murphy, runway 25, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 6,500 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.